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Photo#125665
Mayfly - Stenonema femoratum - female

Mayfly - Stenonema femoratum - Female
Deep Fork Wildlife Refuge, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
July 9, 2007
A very young mayfly?

Moved
Moved from Maccaffertium.

Stenonema femoratum
I believe this is Stenonema femoratum based on the combination of having crowded crossveins below the bulla of the forewing and three dark dashes on the posterior margins of the abdominal segments.

 
Stenonema femoratum
Jeff-

I believe you are correct. This photo should be moved to Stenonema femoratum, as that is the only N. American species remaining in Stenonema, the others having been reclassified as Maccaffertium.

Moved
Moved from Mayflies.

Re: A very young mayfly?
Well Charles, I suppose it's all relative, but this is actually a very old mayfly. The vast majority of their lives are spent in the nymphal aquatic lifestage. Then, the mature nymph emerges from its aquatic life as a winged but sexually immature subimago, which lifestage lasts for perhaps a day or two (on average). Following that, the subimago undergoes a final molt, becoming a winged and sexually mature imago, which lifestage lasts for perhaps a day (on average).

Your gorgeous photo is of a female subimago of family Heptageniidae, likely genus Maccaffertium, which is often referred to by the common name, Cream Cahill.

 
mayfly
Wow, thanks Roger for that detailed description.

 
Oops
Oops, I meant to say imago rather than subimago.

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